Ice Cream Vendors Sunday at Noon at Beat Kitchen

By Bonnie Kenaz-Mara

ChiIL Out

ChiIL Out with ChiIL Mama as Beat Kitchen Concerts for kids
kicks off 2012 with another fun all ages show this Sunday, Jan. 8
at noon.

What's more chiIL than ice cream? And this tasty treat is
no-cal....as The Ice Cream Vendors band dish out tasty tunes for
birth through 10 year olds and their parents.

While the way under agers rock out, those over 21 can drink some
of the best bloody marys in town, sing along and dance with their
littles! ChiIL Mama is stoked to be a sponsor of Beat Kitchen's
Concerts for Kids this year. We have loads of great kindie shows
coming up. Check out the line up through May, and mark
your calendars. Shows are just $6, every Sunday at noon, are geared
toward birth-10 year olds with parents, and are open to all ages.
Every week we give away a free family 4 pack of tickets at ChiIL
Mama.com, so enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.

*Jan. 15 is a very special Little Miss Ann Concert CD RELEASE
PARTY!!

**Jan. 29 is a multiband, 4 hour, activity filled Winter Fest for
only $8!! ChiIL Mama will be there in person with a rock n
roll photo booth and "instrument petting zoo" for your punk
kin.

Check out ChiILMama.com
and ChiIL
Mama's YouTube Channel for loads of live concert footage from
Beat Kitchen and beyond, band video interviews, still photos from
shows, and upcoming concert updates. We also give away a family 4
pack of tickets to every Sunday's show. Enter through midnight
every Monday. Winners are announced on Free Ticket Tuesday.

About the Ice Cream Vendors-Off their Facebook Site: it's hard
to believe the unique musical institution known as The Ice Cream
Vendors was originally conceived over twenty years ago. What was
founded in friendship has over time produced several cassette tapes
and a CD, live performances with a full band and horn section, and
a road-less-traveled approach to songwriting that has become the
pride of Westmont, IL.

The Ice Cream Vendors (ICV), made up of longtime pals Jon Kostal
and Greg Barnett, is not just a musical duo but a mysterious life
force. Topics include absurd musings about high school janitors,
edible birds, deep-sea divers without limbs, and a boy with a plant
growing out of his head. More stream of consciousness than satire,
ICV is interested in taking the stranger-than-fiction world we
inhabit and turning it on its head; that the lyrics tend to reflect
ordinary, everyday occurrences only points out the Neo-Dada genius
of two guys who never indulged the self-loathing irony so often
found in modern pop. Perhaps ICV trombonist Mike Kinnavy put it
best: "When you hear ICV singing about riding to a jazz band
meeting in the rain, that's exactly what was happening."

Like many bands, ICV had a great first run, but eventually sought
hiatus due to the pressure of college pursuits, jobs,
relationships, and the practical challenge of long distance. Though
the group never officially disbanded, songwriting endeavors were
put on long-term hold as Jon and Greg got older and gradually
settled into domestic bliss. For nearly 15 years ICV sat dormant,
much like a paralyzed scuba diver figurine slowly collecting algae
at the bottom of a lonely tank.

In early 2010, when the prospect of an ICV reunion performance
came knocking, Jon and Greg realized it was at long last time to
consider bringing their wet-suited muse to surface. With the
encouragement of friends and former band mates, plus newfound
confidence instilled by live dates at an outdoor music festival and
Christmas parade, ICV began diligently working on songs for a new
CD. At present we are just months away from ICV's first studio
release in over a decade, one that promises to be darker, funkier,
and more abstract than Jackson Pollock getting over with a gallon
of rocky road. Featuring a brave new arsenal of digital gadgetry
and over 20 combined years of life experience culled from the most
remote fringes of the Information Superhighway, ICV tackles the
modern age with poise and finesse. More stories. More Westmont.
More Atari. More Speak & Spell. More Dog Barks. More bizarre.
More better than ever. Check 'em out
at Reverbnation

Bonnie Kenaz-Mara is a writer-photographer-potter-painter-actress-animal wrangler-general creatrix and Mama to two amazing kiddos.